diff --git a/package/poco/poco.mk b/package/poco/poco.mk
index 673b93a4f9..29752e24c9 100644
--- a/package/poco/poco.mk
+++ b/package/poco/poco.mk
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ POCO_OMIT = Data/ODBC PageCompiler \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_POCO_DATA_MYSQL),,Data/MySQL) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_POCO_DATA_SQLITE),,Data/SQLite)
 
-ifeq ($(LIBC),uclibc)
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),y)
 POCO_CONF_OPTS += --no-fpenvironment --no-wstring
 endif